Play it once Sam. For old time's sake.

As an artist, sometimes it is hard for me to look at another artist's works and want their pieces to hang on my wall.  To me, paintings and art pieces have always belonged in a museum or doctor's office of some kind.  I suppose I have never felt any connection with the art in a way where I would want to showcase it for others to see.  And like what happens to be in your car right now, art work on your walls really do reflect who a person is, what they like and what they find visually pleasing to them.  And so, since the very first time I hammered a nail in a wall, I've only hung my own art and photographs.

Lately, I've developed an interest in graphic art.  Specifically, minimalist and illustrative graphic art.  I like the simple lines and colors that balance the whole piece.  It's almost like a "no muss, no fuss" kind of feel with the art; you're given the basic elements and then you can fill in the rest, any way you choose to.  So when I stumbled upon the graphical art of Claudia Varosio, I was instantly in love.  Not only was the art work simple and graphic but the colors were lovely shades of tangerine reds, seaweed greens, muted grays and my ULTIMATE favorite color, mustard yellow!  And if I weren't convinced right there, I found that all of her graphic art pieces are actually movie posters of famous films that are forever classics.

Color, graphic design and love of movies? What could really be better?!  Ms. Varosio is based in the UK and I recently purchased three of her pieces to hang on my walls from three of my favorite movies.  I cannot wait for them to get here.  Below are the three pieces that I had purchased, along with a few other favorites.  If you are interested in purchasing your own Varosio pieces, check out her etsy shop here.

Artwork by Claudia Varosio

La Dolce Vita

"We must get beyond passions, like a great work of art. In such miraculous harmony. We should love each other outside of time... detached."

-A quote from Steiner in La Dolce Vita, by Federico Fellini, 1960. 


Such a powerful movie with more told in-between the lines rather than on the screen.  I find that we are all "Marcellos" in this world- trying to find our happiness within something or someone, never fully satisfied with what we have and can do.  More more and more. It speaks of our fight with our morals and society's ever present opinion and weight of her cruel judgement.  I think that La Dolce Vita tells more on the human condition then any great story.  More than Fitzgerald's Gatsby or Dreiser's American Tragedy.  So dark but true. 

And beyond that, La Dolce Vita is a brilliant show of light and portraiture.  Watch it.  Then watch it again but this time stop and pause the movie at ANY establishing scene.  Fellini is brilliant, he'll always be!  His use of light, movement, angle and arch are so far superior that the viewer is set within a particular mood and feeling without ever knowing it.  You are instantly drawn in and held captive by Fellini's beauty.  There is so much emotion in each "portrait" shown.